2003 Death Gordon Jump, actor, WKRP, dies at 71 1997 Death Laura "Dinky" Patterson, dies bungee jump at Superbowl rehearsal at 43 1991 Event Mike Powell of U.S., sets then long jump record at 29' 4 " (8.95m) 1991 Event Charles Austin breaks U.S. high jump record at 7'10 " 1990 Event Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8 ") 1989 Event Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan 1988 Event Galina Chistyakova of U.S.S.R. sets long jump woman's record (24"8") 1987 Event Stefka Kostadonova of Bulgaroa sets high jump woman's record (6'10") 1987 Event Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5 " jump 1987 Event Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump 1986 Event Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump 1985 Event Igor Paklin of U.S.S.R. set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12 1985 Event Rudolf Povarnitsin of U.S.S.R. sets new high jump world record (7'10"12) 1985 Event Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11 ") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole and never recovers 1985 Event Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623' 1984 Event Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics 1983 Event Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" 1983 Event Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14 1982 Event Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7" 1980 Event Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record 1980 Event Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5" 1980 Event Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8" 1980 Event Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8") 1980 Event Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120' 1975 Event Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m 1971 Birthday Konstantin Matoussevich, Israel, Men's high jump, 1996 Olympics 1970 Event Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1970 Event Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado 1968 Event Bob Beamon of USA sets long jump record (29'2 ") in Mexico City 1968 Event Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27' 2.75") 1968 Event Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York 1968 Event Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain 1967 Event Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4" 1967 Birthday Michael Bendetti, actor, Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street 1967 Birthday Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Peter DeLuise, born in Hollywood, California, actor, 21 Jump Street, seaQuest DSV 1965 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4" 1965 Event O Kommissarova (U.S.S.R.) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250') 1965 Birthday Richard Grieco, born in Waterton, New York, actor, 21 Jump Street, Booker 1964 Birthday Holly Robinson, Philadelphia, actress, 21 Jump Street 1964 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 " 1964 Birthday Rosie Perez, born in Brooklyn, actress, Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump 1964 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" 1963 Birthday Johnny Depp, born in Queensboro, Kentucky, actor, 21 Jump Street, Ed Wood 1962 Birthday Dustin Nguyen, born in Saigon, Vietnam, actor, Harry-21 Jump Street 1962 Event Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" 1962 Event Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1961 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 2" 1961 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' " 1960 Event Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 11" 1957 Birthday Jodi Anderson, born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. long jump champ, 1978-81 1956 Event Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California 1955 Birthday Alex Van Halen, Nijmegen, born in Netherlands, rock drummer, Van Halen-1984, Jump 1952 Event Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition 1949 Event Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres 1948 Event New York City subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents 1944 Event RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute 1942 Event 1st nylon parachute jump, Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray 1942 Birthday Lynn Davies, born in Nantymoel, Wales, 'Lynn the Leap', long jumper, captain, Britain's Olympic long jump team 1964, won Olympic gold medal 1942 Event Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump" 1941 Death Annie Jump Cannon, U.S. astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77 1937 Birthday Helmut Recknagel, born in Germany, 90m ski jump, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 1935 Event Jessie Owens of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 8" 1932 Birthday Gordon Jump, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains 1931 Event Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2" 1929 Birthday Hugo Raes, Flemish writer, Horses Jump and Fresh Sea 1928 Event Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' " 1928 Event Edward Hamm of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 11" 1925 Event William DeHart Hubbard of U.S., sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4" 1924 Event Robert LeGendre of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 5 " 1921 Event Edward Gourdin of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4" 1919 Event 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) 1919 Event Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes 1st parachute jump and free fall 1914 Event Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day 1913 Event St. Louis Browns manager George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League 1913 Event Frenchman Pegoud makes 1st parachute jump in Europe 1912 Event Albert Berry made the 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1912 Event Captain Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1912 Event Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1909 Event Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years 1901 Event Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" 1885 Event Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl 1876 Event 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux) 1876 Event 1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks) 1863 Birthday Annie Jump Cannon, U.S., stellar spectroscopist, Harvard-classification 1819 Event 1st parachute jump in U.S. 1797 Event Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes 1st parachute jump from balloon (Paris)
